1. Identifying Researchers Using
People Australia
Basil Dewhurst
Manager, Resource Discovery Services
National Library of Australia
bdewhurst@nla.gov.au nla.pic-an23531464

2. People Australia Architecture
Contributors People Australia Users
OAI OAI
Repository Data Repository
Admin
no
Match
Harvester ? yes People Australia SRU
Database
Static OAI Open
Repository Search

3. Metadata Harvesting
http://www.flickr.com/photos/somerslea/2253409657/

4. EAC Identity: Anderson, Maybanke
PID: nla.party-466159
Name: Anderson, Maybanke
Source: Libraries Australia Name
EAC Group record Authority File
Local ID: anbd.aut-an35072622
for identities
Name: Anderson, Maybanke
Mrs Francis Anderson
M.S. (Maybanke Susannah)
Wolstenholme
Source: Music Australia
Local ID: ANL:MA-1115353268069
Harvested EAC
Name: Anderson, Maybanke Susannah
Records Source: Australian Women’s Archives
Project
Local ID: AWE3660b

5. Data Administration
nla.pic-an24808465

6. Australian Women’s Archives
Project (AWAP)
• ARC funded AWAP New Technologies (AWNT)
project developing the existing service
(http://www.womenaustralia.info/)
• Developing content and enabling interoperability
for the service.
• Use of People Australia OAI/SRU interfaces
• Benefits:
– People Australia will increase access to resources
relating to Women’s history
– AWAP will enrich their content using People Australia
services

7. Identifying Researchers
nla.pic-vn3081912

8. NicNames
• Project to create a toolkit for managing author
names in Institutional Repositories (IRs)
• Use of People Australia machine-to-machine
interfaces
• Benefits:
– People Australia will expose and increase access
researcher information and resources in IRs
– IRs can enrich their content using People Australia
services

9. Conversations about People (and
Organisations)
People NicNames
Australia 1. NicNames queries People Australia for a name [SRU]
2. Matches returned and correct identifier selected
3. NicNames submits record to People Australia [OAI]

10. Conversations about People (and
Organisations)
People NicNames
Australia 1. NicNames queries People Australia for a name [SRU]
2. No matches returned
3. NicNames submits candidate name to People Australia [OAI]
4. NicNames queries People Australia for a name [SRU]
5. People Australia returns record + identifier [SRU]

11. Single Business Discovery Service
http://wiki.nla.gov.au/display/LABS/

12. Thank you
Basil Dewhurst
Manager, Resource Discovery Services
02 6262 1046
bdewhurst@nla.gov.au